Average Size of Men’s and Women’s Front Pockets in the US Top 20 Jeans Brands

Item

Title
Average Size of Men’s and Women’s Front Pockets in the US Top 20 Jeans Brands
Rights
Fair Use.
Creator
Jan Diehm and Amber Thomas.
Date
August 2018
Description
This image displays a representation of the average size of men’s jeans front pocket and women’s jeans front pocket from a study of pockets in the top 20 jeans brands in the US from 2018. The women’s front pockets are represented in red, the men’s pockets in yellow. The accompanying figures represent the difference numerically to further evidence the finding that men’s jean pockets are substantially larger than women’s. The authors of the study concluded that, on average, pockets in women’s jeans were 48% shorter and 6.5% narrower than in men’s jeans.
Format
Digital Publication (image reproduced as a jpeg.file)
Language
English
Publisher
The Pudding, Brooklyn, NY, Seattle, WA & New Barrington, MA.
Contributor
Quinn Kassing
Identifier
Someone clever once said Women were not allowed pockets.
Subject
Pockets; gender inequality; clothing; fashion; diagram; measurements; womens pockets; mens pockets; feminism.
Source
The Pudding.
October 20, 2025
Average Size of Men’s and Women’s Front Pockets